Puerto Ferro


Puerto Ferro is a barrio in the municipality of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Its population in 2010 was 705.

History

The United States took control of Puerto Rico from Spain in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War under the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898. In 1899, the United States conducted its first census of Puerto Rico finding that the combined population of Puerto Ferro, Punta Arenas, and Puerto Diablo barrios was 879.

Sectors

Barrios in turn are further subdivided into smaller local populated place areas/units called sectores. The types of sectores may vary, from normally sector to urbanización to reparto to barriada to residencial, among others.
The following sectors are in Puerto Ferro barrio:
Sector Caballo Pelao,
Sector Destino,
Sector Los Chivos,
Sector Luján,
Sector Monte Carmelo,
Sector Villa Borinquen,
Urbanización Isabel II, and Urbanización Jardines de Vieques.